With the help of an error by Marlins left fielder Bryan Petersen, the Braves scored four runs in the fourth inning Thursday night and erased an early two-run deficit. They went on to win 6-2, completing a three-game sweep of the Marlins.

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After a week of playing catch, Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley will soon pick up the pace in testing his injured right elbow, manager Don Mattingly said.

Team president Mark Shapiro said on Thursday that the organization has confidence in Chris Antonetti’s strategy for the building of a contending team.

They may now be trying to hunt down the Tigers, but the White Sox believe they can put together on last surge to win the division.

Darwin Barney tucked another souvenir ball into his gear bag on Thursday. The Cubs second baseman is hoping for at least one more.

The news trickled down from the front office to the players in a variety of ways — clubhouse conversations, phone calls, text messages, updates on Twitter — and it was met with surprise only in the sense of timing. With six games left on the schedule, Manny Acta was removed as manager and Sandy Alomar moved into his office with an interim tag on his title.

With the dismissal of Manny Acta, GM Chris Antonetti will embark on an extensive search — though newly named interim manager Sandy Alomar Jr. is, of course, a top candidate — to find the right man for the job. My advice? Save your time, mobile minutes and energy, name Alomar the permanent manager and be done with it.

Luis Cruz and A.J. Ellis each drove in a pair of runs and Chris Capuano won for the first time in six weeks as the Dodgers held on to beat the Padres on Thursday night, 8-4, and inch closer in the National League Wild Card race.

Michael Bourn does not want to set a specific day for when he expects to return to the Braves’ lineup. But the All-Star outfielder has been encouraged with the improvement of his sore left thumb.

Prior to Thursday’s series opener against the Yankees, Yunel Escobar met with Patrick Burke — son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and co-founder of You Can Play — and an openly gay track athlete from Boston College, Jose Estevez, for roughly 45 minutes to speak about his actions.

Evan Longoria’s home run over the left-field wall on Sept. 28, 2011, completed a turn of overlapping events that will be fabled in Major League Baseball history. The Rays and Cardinals were going to the postseason, and the Red Sox and Braves were going home.

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira took seven at-bats in a simulated game on Thursday in Tampa, Fla., as he attempts to return from a strained left calf.

Ivan Nova surrendered four runs and was unable to complete five innings, just one of the issues as the Yankees’ bats were silenced by Brandon Morrow in a 6-0 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Thursday night.

Brandon Morrow turned in his best outing since coming off the disabled list just over a month ago, and his offense came up with some timely hits to lead the Blue Jays to a 6-0 win over the Yankees to kick off a four-game set in front of 23,060 at Rogers Centre.

The Bucs had a late scare in Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Mets, as center fielder Andrew McCutchen had to leave the game after injuring himself on a diving catch attempt in the seventh inning.

The Rangers scored five runs in the first inning and held on to beat the A’s, 9-7, on Thursday at Rangers Ballpark. Texas pushed its lead in the AL West to four games.